Combined relishing and boring and grooving machine.



1 J. H. BURKE.

COMBINED RELISHI'NG AND BORING AND eaoovme MACHINE. I AIfPLIOATION FILED JAN. 7, 1910. 7 985,248, Patented Febr28, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1910.

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UNITED IZATENT ()FFIQE.

JOSEPH H. BURKE, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I-I. BURKE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Itelishing and Boring and Grooving Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for relishing sash rails and it is preferably combined with boring and grooving devices for forming the cord holding groove in the sash rail.

These relishing machines, as is well known, are designed to cut an oblong section from one of the lateral edges of the tenon formed on the end of a sash rail and they employ a table on which the rail rests, a saw for cutting a longitudinal saw scarf from the end of the tenon to a point near its base and a bit the diameter of the thickness of the tenon journaled at right angles to the saw and on a level with the tenon, for cutting out the section partially removed by the 'saw. As the side rails are commonly made, the tenon is nearer one face than the other and in the single acting machines as they have hitherto been made, after the tenon on one end of the rail had been cut and the relish or waste piece had been removed, it was necessary to readjust the height of the table with relation to the bit, to bring the latter at the level of the tenon when the rail was turned over to cut the other end. It was also necessary in such a case to reverse ends of the rail.

- The object of my invention is to construct a machine in which both ends of the top or bottom rails may be relished without adjust ing the height of the table or of the bit, and without changing ends of the rails. I accomplish this result by hanging the saw in such a way that the work can be fed to it from either side and providing a cutting-off bit on each side of the saw. \Vith this arrangement one end of the rail may berelished and then the rail passed along to the other side of the saw and run in from a contrary direction relishing theopposite end. In each operation the same face of the rail will lie on the table, each 'bit' will be, the same height above the table and no intermediate adjustment has to be made.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911. Serial No. 536,781.

Combined with the relishing machine, I provide a grooving and boring machine for forming the sash cord grooves in the sides of the rails so that the two operations of relishing and grooving may be quickly and easily performed on the same machine.

I have illustrated my invention by means of the accompanying drawing in which is shown the form of my invention which I employ in practical work although it is to be understood that various modifications may be made in the machine while keeping within the limits of my invention.

In the drawing, Figure l is what I will call for convenience a front elevation of the machine, with certain portions cut away, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, Fig. 3 is a plan, Fig. 4 is an end elevation, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the end of one of the top or bottom sash rails, and Fig. 6 is a detail of the side rail after being grooved and bored and as put on the market.

The machine is supported by a suitable frame a with a saw table 6 on the front side and a saw table 7' on the rear side considerably above the level of the table 6 for the reason hereinafter explained.

The table 6 is so supported as to be vertically movable for the purpose of adjustment as iscommon in such machines. As here shown, the table supporting brackets 6 move in vertical guides 6 The table is raised and lowered by means of a screw journaled in a bracket 5 extending out from the front of the frame and engaging a screw threaded opening in the lower end of the hanger Z1 As here shown, there is one of the sliding brackets 12 and one of the adjusting screws at each end of the table so that the ends may be adjusted to different heights.

The relishing saw is journaled in the frame in such a manner that work can be fed to it from each end of the machine. As here shown, the saw cwhich is preferably made with cutting off teeth, is secured on one end of a saw arbor c journaled centrally in suitable bearings in the frame, preferably above the level of the table 6, so that the work will be done on the lower half of the saw. The saw arbor 0 is provided with a pulley c operated as hereinafter shown by a common driving belt 9.

the front edge of the rail being held ,and parallel therewith. Means are provided F or the purpose of guiding. the work to j the'saw, I'prov1de an adjustable gage cj which extends out at each side of the saw 1 to hold the 'tenon and vvthe rail end down Y against the upward-action of thesawand l V shoulden' I I 7 here shown twostops a each securedto the *10 Y "by a suitable boltextending through the shown in Fig. '5, to pass under it and its outer edgeisplaced "directly opposite the indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 5, is removed'by a bit, one ofwh ch is located at vided' to stop the' arbor at its outer position line with the pulley a each moved longitudinally inward to bring thebit into operation by means of a foot lever 6 here shown as a'bent' lever pivoted to a bracket 6 at the rear of the machine,

" extending forward. and terminating in a foot piece 6? tate and to V rails rapidlyI combine a boring and groovtenon and the bit is substantially the same outer endof the bit is sufiiciently far from the gage 0 so as to allow the rail to be fed and a gage d having a shoulder cl, ispro- "shoulder f resting against the shoulder 01 'ofthe gage d. r r

ofthe machine.

jl'evers' e tore'tract the bit arbors after the to'stop the infeed of the tenon 'at the For this purpose Iprovide as.

inner face of the gage 0, directly opposite the edge of the'saw. Each of the stops '0 is composed of ablock havinga vertical slot foradjustm'ent and is adjustablysecured gage 7Q. The lower end of'the stop 0* is adjusted sovas to just; allow the tenon t edge of the saw so that the saw scarfwill terminatefat the shoulder t as said shoulder contacts; with the 'stop' 0 The relish t,

each side of thesaw and'at rightangles to theplane of the saw. 7 v c bit 6' is held in the end of sition. The location of the arbor is suchdiameter asthe thickness of. the tenon. The

to the saw; An adjustable gage f is providedto hold the rail in position to be bored,

against the face of the gage d and the lower 7 Each of .the

bit arbors e is provided with a pulley 6 here shown as being laterally in I The bit .arborsare.

v at the front of the machine and near the floor so as to be convenient tothe foot of an operator standing at the front The upper rear end of the lever e is connected with the rear end of the bit arbor 3 so as to permit the; latter to ro- I be moved longitudinally to operate'the bit. Springs e are secured to the bits have done their work.

In order to facilitate the workingof sash journaled in abox m pivoted tothe frame of the machine.

1 machine. In this figure u is a section of the side rail, 14 the cord groove and w? the knot recess.

According to my invention I secure a circular groover is on the rear end-of the saw arbor a? the groover extending up through a slot in the table j. A gage j" is secured to the table adjacent to the groover k and serves to guide the sash rails as they are fed to the groover to form the sash cord slot. The knot recess whichis adjacent to the end of the cord groove is made by a vertically disposed bit m held normally below the table j and secured in the end ofa longitudinally movable spindlem.

Means are provided for forcing the spindle m upward so that the upper end of the bit will enter the sash rail in the line of the groove. For this purpose the lower end of the spindle is stepped ina foot piece m and the spindle an extends upward through a bearing m and a hollow shaft m which is I The spindle'is splined to the hollow shaft m in any well known nanner so that the rotation of the 'shaft imparts rotation to the spindle 1 permitting its longitudinal movement. The

while foot piece is raised by means of a strap 11 secured'by itslofwer end to the foot piece and by its upper end to .one end of aleve ii n he other end of the lever is connected by a cord or strap 71 to foot lever 0. Thus when the foot lever is depressed the spindle and bit are raised andwhen the footis released the spindle is drawn down by a spring a.

Power is applied to rotate the spindle by a miter gear 971? secured to the lower end of the hollow shaft m and engaging a correspondingmiter gear h on a horizontal shaft h Power is applied to the main driving shaft 2" as shown by means of a tight and loose pulley 'iflthe shaft 2" having thereon a driving pulley 2'. Power is imparted from thedriving pulley i to the saw arbor and the three bits by means of the belt 7 utilizing a pair of auxiliary pulleys hand 72, mounted on shafts h and it respectively between the pulley i and the top of the machine.

On the rear end of the shaft ha is the miter ear h engaging the miter gear m already escribed.

The belt 9 connects the various pulleys as followsz-It passes under the driving pulley z thence one portion passes up outside of one of the pulleys and the opposite portion passes over the other pulley e From each pulleye the belt now passes down to the outside of the auxiliary pulleys h and h thence underneath these pulleys up on the inside and over the pulley 0 It will thus be seen that the belt 9 imparts motion at once to the saw arbor and the two bit arbors and through the miter gear h to the bit spindle m and bit m and the connections are so made that the motions of the several rotatable members are all in the proper di rection.

In the practical operation of my machine, the relisher may be operated by one or two men. When one man operates it, he may stand in front of the machine at one side of the center within easy reach of one of the foot pieces 6 The rail is laid on the table face down and by means of the gage (Z the rail is held in position and the cutting off hole is bored in the edge of the tenon at its base as indicated at t Fig. The rail is then rested against the inner surface of the gage c" and run onto the saw, sawing out the relish, the stop a checking the work so that the saw cuts just to the bit hole and not beyond. The rail is then passed along to the other side of the machine without shifting ends and the operation is repeated on the opposite end of the rail, the same face of the rail lying on the table. It will be seen that since the work is being gaged in each case from the same face, each bit will be in position to out the tenon and each will be the same height above the table. When the work is pushed into the saw from the side that is ascending the stop 0* tends to hold down the work during the sawing operation. When two men run the relishing portion of the machine, the rails are passed rapidly from one to the other as each completes one end and the work is done with far less handling than with the single acting machine when it was necessary to run through a quantity and pile them over and after adjusting the machine, run them through again. While the top and bottom rails are being relished on the relishing portion of the machines, the side rails may be grooved and bored on the rear portion of the machine. In operating the grooving portion, the rail is held against the gage 7' and the hole bored. The rail is then run over the groover to a point where the saw reaches nearly to the hole, a mark being usually made on the table since this distance is not important.

My machine as thus organized, is capable of doing many times more work than the old form of relishing machine, since the rails do not have to be reversed or the machine adjusted between operations.

It is evident that the bits 6 may be stationary and the work fed to them and that many changes may be made in the machine without changing its principle.

The table should be so adjusted that the tenon will be as nearly as possible on a level with the center of the saw whereby the latter is less liable to cut into the shoulder at the base of the tenon.

1. In a relishing machine the combination of a table, a saw arbor and a saw thereon, said saw projecting above the table and in position to present opposite cutting edges and a cutting off bit on each side of the saw for cutting the-base of the relish.

2. In a relishing machine, the combination of a table, a saw arbor and a saw thereon projecting above the table and positioned to cut a relish on either edge, a stop block adjacent to the upward moving edge of the saw positioned to hold the tenon down and impinge against the tenon shoulder.

3. In a relishing machine, the combination of an arbor, a saw on said. arbor, a longitudinally movable bit arbor on each side of said saw arbor, and parallel there with, a bit in each bit arbor, a gage adjacent to each bit for guiding the position of the tenon in line with the bit and a gage adjacent to the saw for guiding the relish to the saw.

4. In a. relishing machine, the combination of a saw table, a saw arbor above said table, a saw on said arbor, a longitudinally movable bit arbor on each side of said saw arbor and parallel therewith, a bit on each bit arbor, a gage adjacent to each bit for guiding the position of the tenon in line with the bit and a gage adjacent to the saw for guiding the relish to the saw.

5. In a combined relishing and boring and grooving machine, the combination of a saw arbor, a saw on one end thereof, a longitudinally movable bit arbor on each side of said saw arbor and parallel therewith, a bit on eachof said bit arbors, a gage for locating the tenon in line with each bit, a gage adjacent to the saw to guide the relish to the saw, a groover on the opposite end of the saw arbor, a grooving table for feeding work to said groover, a vertical and longitudinally movable bit shaft journaled beneath said table in line with said groover.

6. In a combined relishing and boring and grooving machine, the combination of a frame, a saw arbor journaled in said frame, a saw on one end of said arbor, a longitudinally movable bit arbor on each side of said saw arbor and parallel therewith, a bit on each of said bit arbors, a pulley on said saw arbor and each of said bit arbors, a pair of auxiliary pulley shafts journaled in the frame beneath the three arbor pulleys, auxiliary pulleys for said shafts, a driving pulley journaled beneath the two auxiliary pulleys, a belt'running over said driving pulley, the two auxiliary pulleys and the three arbor pulleys, a groover on the other end of said saw arbor, a grooving table for feeding work gear on the end of one of said auxiliary pulley shafts engaging the miter gear on the to said groover, a hollow shaft journaled dle beneath said table and means for movvertically beneath said grooving table, a ing said spindle longitudinally. 10 miter gear on said hollow shaft, a miter In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of December, 1909. JOSEPH H. BURKE.

hollow shaft, a spindle passing through said Witnesses: hollow shaft and longitudinally movable l S. WV. BATES, 7 therein,'a bit on the upper end of said spin- ELEANOR W. 'DERwms.

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